Numerical investigation on the mixture formation and combustion processes of a gasoline rotary engine with direct injected hydrogen enrichment

Applied Energy

Volumn 224, Issue , 2018, Pages 34-41

  Yang, Jinxin ^a   Ji, Changwei ^a   Wang, Shuofeng ^a   Wang, Du ^a   Ma, Zedong ^a   Zhang, Boya ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Combustion process; Gasoline; Hydrogen direct injection; Mixture formation; Rotary engine

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIRECT INJECTION; GASOLINE; HYDROGEN; MIXTURES; ROTARY ENGINES; VORTEX FLOW;

CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; CYLINDER TEMPERATURES; HYDROGEN DISTRIBUTION; MIXTURE FORMATION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PEAK IN-CYLINDER PRESSURES;

SPARK PLUGS;

COMBUSTION; COMPRESSION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIESEL; DIESEL ENGINE; FLUID INJECTION; HYDROGEN; NUMERICAL METHOD; VELOCITY;

EID: 85046733634     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.04.092     Document Type: Article

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